Workers at the fi rm have visors and other PPE


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socially distant from them. And it’s hard for a journeyman to take an apprentice to a site if they’re not able to sit in a van beside each other.


How do you see the future progressing? Are you confi dent things will get back to normal? As far as the future is concerned I’ve no idea what will happen. No one knows if this will be long term or things will eventually revert back to the way they were. I’m leaning toward a feeling that the way we operate has changed for good. The use of masks might fade, but things like sanitisation and


in-depth cleaning will remain. How we return depends on levels of business. The big concern in this part of the world is the health of the oil and gas sector. It was showing a downturn even before COVID-19 hit. Several of our customers are involved in hiring equipment to oil and gas companies and the number of units that have come back into them is scary. In March, one customer had 85% of his equipment come back in and it’s all still sitting in his yard. Overall though, it would be a brave person who would predict where things are going next.


“We’re still aff ected, but right now we’re in a better situation than I was expecting. We’re at about 80% of where we were before lockdown”


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